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Summer 2024 Climate School Internship Opportunities
Current full-time Columbia and Barnard students (undergraduate, graduate, and PhD) are eligible to apply.
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Can ‘Super Volcanoes’ Cool the Earth in a Major Way? A New Study Suggests No.
An extended volcanic winter could have huge impacts on all living creatures. But could this really happen?
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Communicating Awe: How Three Young Scientists Reach New Audiences
In a panel moderated by journalist Miles O’Brien, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists discussed why creative scientific communication is important.
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How Big Institutions Stymie Disaster Response, and What to Do About It
The new book Catastrophic Incentives explores why society is underprepared for natural and human-made disasters.
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Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2024
Doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D. or Sc.D. recipients interested in research on sustainable development can apply by November 1.
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How Do We Dismantle Offshore Oil Structures Without Making the Public Pay?
If offshore oil installations are rapidly dismantled as a result of the transition to clean energy, the public, not companies, could end up paying. How to avoid this?
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Plankton Are Central to Life on Earth. How Is Climate Change Affecting Them?
Plankton play many important roles on the planet. How will climate change affect them, and is it already happening?
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Climate Lawsuits Are On The Rise. This Is What They’re Based On.
A new report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the United Nations says that climate litigation has more than doubled in the last five years, and is expected to continue to increase.
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Towering Wildfire Clouds Are Affecting the Stratosphere, and the Climate
Aircraft collecting data from clouds of smoke have revealed surprising effects of wildfires on the ground.
